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1) walk up the stairs – seconds

run around a field – minutes
watch a cartoon – minutes
sing a long to pop song – minutes
wash your hands – seconds
watch a film - hours
2)
1 hour 30 minutes = 90 minutes

1 hour 10 minutes = 70 minutes

1 hour 45 minutes = 105 minutes

1 hour 5 minutes = 65 minutes

2 hours 15 minutes = 135 minutes

2 hours 20 minutes = 140 minutes

3) 1st = Ed (88 seconds)

2nd = Diane (94 seconds)
3rd = Chen (96 seconds)
4th = Ben (101 seconds)
5th = Aleesha (111 seconds)

4)
2 hours 14 minutes = 134 minutes

97 seconds > 1 minute 25 seconds

4 hours > 200 minutes

147 minutes = 2 hours 27 minutes

3 minutes 20 seconds < 210 seconds

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1) Children convert to compare the times.

a) The odd one out is 1 minute 2 seconds as the others equal 90 seconds.
b) The odd one out is 314 minutes as the others equal 194 minutes.
c) The odd one out is 6 minutes as the others equal 600 seconds.

2) Sarah is correct as shown when her times are converted to seconds:

length 1 = 126 seconds
length 2 = 125 seconds
length 3 = 117 seconds
length 4 = 114 seconds
length 5 = 98 seconds

3) Lee is incorrect as when the reading times are converted into minutes we can see that Ling finished first and
Liana finished third.

Ling = 229 minutes
Liana = 349 minutes
Lee = 230 minutes
4) Children convert to compare the times.

< 5 21 Minutes > 350 Seconds

300 seconds 3 minutes 50 seconds
5 minutes 20 seconds 512 seconds
512 seconds 5 minutes 55 seconds
251 seconds 5 43 minutes

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1) This is an open-ended question with multiple possible answers. For example:

cookery (70 minutes)
football (75 minutes)
karate (35 minutes)

drama (85 minutes)
cookery (70 minutes)
trampolining (25 minutes)

karate (35 minutes)
trampoling (25 minutes)
cookery (70 minutes)
rounders (50 minutes)

art (45 minutes)
rounders (50 minutes)
drama (85 minutes)

2) a)
Name Average Time per Lap Number of Laps Total Time Walked

Aleesha 3 minutes 4 seconds 10 30 mins 40 seconds

Ben 97 seconds 30 48 mins 30 seconds

two minutes
Chen 15 39 mins 15 seconds
thirty-seven seconds

134
Diane 20 44 mins 40 seconds
seconds

100 seconds or 1 minute

Ed 30 50 minutes
40 seconds

b) There is 19 minutes and 20 seconds difference between the shortest and longest times. This is 1160 seconds.

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